A systematic review of conflicting meta-analyses in orthopaedic surgery

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 467, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2723-2735

  Vavken, Patrick ^a,b   Dorotka, Ronald ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TENDON TRANSFER;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349910630     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-0765-2     Document Type: Review

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